- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: PostgreSQL: SQL injection Date: July 09, 2006 Bugs: #134168 ID: 200607-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A flaw in the multibyte character handling allows execution of arbitrary SQL statements. Background ========== PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/postgresql < 8.0.8 >= 8.0.8 *>= 7.4.13 Description =========== PostgreSQL contains a flaw in the string parsing routines that allows certain backslash-escaped characters to be bypassed with some multibyte character encodings. This vulnerability was discovered by Akio Ishida and Yasuo Ohgaki. Impact ====== An attacker could execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL server. Be aware that web applications using PostgreSQL as a database back-end might be used to exploit this vulnerability. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version in the respective branch they are using: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql Note: While a fix exists for the 7.3 branch it doesn't currently work on Gentoo. All 7.3.x users of PostgreSQL should consider updating their installations to the 7.4 (or higher) branch as soon as possible! References ========== [ 1 ] PostgreSQL technical information http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.50 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-2313 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2313 [ 3 ] CVE-2006-2314 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2314 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-04.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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